Glyn Robbins
Glyn Robbins is a Visiting Researcher from London, UK and a Fulbright Scholar specialising in housing and urban policy. During his stay in New York City, Glyn is researching the rezoning of Jerome Avenue and supporting local housing justice campaigns.
Collected Work
“New York’s Housing Justice Movement: Facing the COVID Eviction Cliff Edge”
The coronavirus pandemic highlighted the deep-rooted links between poor housing and poor health, particularly for working class communities of colour, for whom the right to the city is systemically undermined by unaffordable, precarious and sub-standard housing. This paper examines these issues against the background of a grassroots movement against evictions in New York during 2021. It describes and discusses the organisation, tactics and strategies of that movement as it attempted to challenge the dominance and norms of the real estate industry. It suggests that the pandemic engendered a radical shift in the demands of tenant and housing justice organisations, which led to New York being virtually eviction free for 22 months.